SapceX completes two back to back successful missions. (Photo: Reuters)

After it launched a communications satellite into orbit from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Friday, Tesla (CEO Elon Musk's private space outfit finished its run with a clean launch from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday, reports CNN.

Sunday's launch marked SpaceX's ninth so far this year.

The company has now surpassed the record for the most launches in a single year, which it set in 2016.

The latest mission was to deliver a group of satellites into orbit for a company called Iridium, CNN reported.

Those satellites will join a growing network dubbed the Iridium Next system.